Organizing toddler toys

[VeryViolet]

I am going to follow this too. My living room is the only sitting area we really have and is already overrun with shit. I am terrified of what it will look like Friday.

[lilafowler]

Throw them away!

Not really. Although sometimes I dream about just chucking it all.

[mommytutu]

Can you do one of these?

m.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/art/20275890/

Or this?

www.overstock.com/#/Home-Garden/Ottomans/2738/subcat.html?gclid=Cj0KEQiAn9-kBRDloNeUw7Pe_YwBEiQA4HXMU_Nh4tU0AKC1C5jbgb9-MgFLBMaVGKsOart8g2QI_lsaAswc8P8HAQ&featuredproduct=4787552&featuredoption=6560620&cid=202290&kid=9553000357392&track=pspla&ci_src=17588969&ci_sku=12686280-000-000&ef_id=U88jGAAABG2zoHDB:20141222234821:s

[lintscreen]

We have an ottoman that doubles as a toy bin and then I also have a large basket thing that toys get thrown into

[ginap]

We got this Trofast system from Ikea and put it in our living room and it works out pretty well.

[AHappierHour]

We have a toy area that used to be a laundry room off our family room. It has bi-fold door that hide the mess. We have those storage cubbies but with plastic tubs that I can stack and keep like things together. We used to have the fabric bins but they would get worn out and everything would end up lost. I can stack 2 shoe box ones in one cubbie or 1 larger one or 3 that look like you should keep scrapbook paper in them. They are clear too so its easy to see what in it.

[fezzik]

I hear you. We have toys everywhere. Our tv is on top of one of these (below) and I throw any toys in the living room in the two fabric cubes we put in, so the toys aren't visible.  (this one is Better Homes and Gardens brand from Walmart and it's actually not bad quality.  It was $38.)

In her room she has a toy box and an 8 cube organizer, like the one pictured, with 4 fabric cubes.  She also has gutter shelves in the corner of her room where we keep some of her mass amounts of books.

I have no idea of these ideas will help you, but all of this combined has helped keep our house so much cleaner!

Now just to wait until after Christmas and I'm sure we'll end up with a ton more toys that I'll have to find a spot for. *sobs*

[lemon]

We have this, but in white. We got three of them and lined a wall of their playroom with them.

www.walmart.com/ip/ClosetMaid-Cubeicals-9-Cube-Organizer-Espresso/22301288

Then I got some of the fabric bins at Lowes and threw stuff in there.

We also did a MAJOR purge a few weeks ago and got rid of several large storage bins worth of toys. We just took them to Goodwill.

[fezzik]

Dec 22, 2014 18:53:43 GMT -5 tators said:

Dec 22, 2014 18:48:41 GMT -5 mommytutu said:

Can you do one of these?

m.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/art/20275890/

Or this?

www.overstock.com/#/Home-Garden/Ottomans/2738/subcat.html?gclid=Cj0KEQiAn9-kBRDloNeUw7Pe_YwBEiQA4HXMU_Nh4tU0AKC1C5jbgb9-MgFLBMaVGKsOart8g2QI_lsaAswc8P8HAQ&featuredproduct=4787552&featuredoption=6560620&cid=202290&kid=9553000357392&track=pspla&ci_src=17588969&ci_sku=12686280-000-000&ef_id=U88jGAAABG2zoHDB:20141222234821:s

I like the first one. I don't live near a damn ikea.

Here's a similar one from Walmart and it's almost the same price: link

[nsl]

We have a couple of rattan trunks and some baskets from Target that stay in the living room. They're obviously toy storage, but they coordinate with our furniture and contain the mess pretty well.

[AHappierHour]

Dec 22, 2014 19:39:08 GMT -5 @booby said:

Dec 22, 2014 18:51:19 GMT -5 AHappierHour said:

We have a toy area that used to be a laundry room off our family room. It has bi-fold door that hide the mess. We have those storage cubbies but with plastic tubs that I can stack and keep like things together. We used to have the fabric bins but they would get worn out and everything would end up lost. I can stack 2 shoe box ones in one cubbie or 1 larger one or 3 that look like you should keep scrapbook paper in them. They are clear too so its easy to see what in it.

how many kids do you have??  if this is for ONE child, i will faint.  

4 but it's for 3 kids. But it's mostly the girls crap. 

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This is what we have going on. One of those cube shelves and a smaller one for books. I'll need to get another cube unit after Christmas.